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As I was leaving this morning after the snow last night, I noticed a few snake tracks in the snow on my driveway. I live in Gilpin county at above 9,000 feet. What snakes could possibly survive the winter and be mobile this time of the year up there?

As I was leaving this morning after the snow last night, I noticed a few snake tracks in the snow on my driveway. I live in Gilpin county at above 9,000 feet. What snakes could possibly survive the winter and be mobile this time of the year up there?

I don't think there are any snakes that would be out in the snow - must have been something else making tracks that looked like that. And yes, snakes do go above 7000 feet here. I have seen them at 9000 feet in Fremont County.

During summer, there can be various types of snakes at most any elevation in Colorado. As to the ones to worry about--that would be rattlesnakes. I've seen them range as high in elevation as 9,000 ft. in southern Colorado, up to 7,000 feet elevation over most all of Colorado.

I've had relatives bump into them at lower elevations in CO. I guess in the summer they can go up to 9000 ft, but I never hear of any encounters up that high, although I'm sure it happens.

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